LSU football coach Brian Kelly was fired on Sunday after a disappointing 2025 season that’s seen the Tigers lose three of their last four games.

Kelly was let go after eight games with LSU all but out of College Football Playoff contention, receiving a buyout of roughly $54 million. Kelly served as LSU’s head coach since 2022 but had several low points that led to his firing.

Listed below are events and reasons that led to LSU moving on from Kelly in his fourth season as head coach.

Press conference meltdowns

LSU defeated Florida 20-10 to begin the 2025 season 3-0, but Kelly was unhappy when a reporter began the postgame press conference by asking about LSU’s offense. LSU was coming off an underwhelming performance on offense against Louisiana Tech and once again struggled to score a

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